Acta Crystallographica Section A

Foundations of Crystallography

Volume 63, Part 1 (January 2007)



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[Cover illustration] Cover illustration: The molecular form of the guanosine-5'-phosphate tetramer [Zimmerman (1976). J. Mol. Biol. 106, 663-672] has vertices at points of a cubic lattice with parameter a defined by the distance of O6 from the centre. The height is H = 2a and the basis a square scaled by a factor 6 from the central hole. Another square, scaled by 3[square root]2 and turned by 45°, separates phosphates and bases. The indices of the molecular forms are indicated. Courtesy of A. Janner.

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 1-10  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306041298 ]

A symmetrical indexing scheme for decagonal quasicrystals analogous to Miller-Bravais indexing of hexagonal crystals

S. Ranganathan, E. A. Lord, N. K. Mukhopadhyay and A. Singh

Synopsis: An indexing scheme for decagonal quasicrystals, analogous to the Miller-Bravais indexing of hexagonal crystals, is proposed and compared with other decagonal schemes. The status of the zone law for decagonal quasicrystals is discussed and elucidated.

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 11-29  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306044291 ]

Multiple twinning in cubic crystals: geometric/algebraic study and its application for the identification of the [Sigma]3n grain boundaries

C. Cayron

Synopsis: Multiple twinning in cubic crystals is represented geometrically by three-dimensional fractals and algebraically by groupoids. The groupoid composition table can be used to identify the [Sigma]3n grain boundaries in EBSD maps.

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 30-35  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306046976 ]

Simultaneous fitting of X-ray and neutron diffuse scattering data

D. J. Goossens, T. R. Welberry, A. P. Heerdegen and M. J. Gutmann

Synopsis: This paper presents the refinement of a structural model based on X-ray and neutron diffuse scattering data, which promises to give unprecedented insights into nanoscale order in materials.

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 36-42  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306047209 ]

Effectiveness of iterative algorithms in recovering phase in the presence of noise

G. Williams, M. Pfeifer, I. Vartanyants and I. Robinson

Synopsis: The effect of noise specific to coherent X-ray diffraction imaging experiments on the iterative algorithms typically used to solve the phase problem in this context is explored.

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 43-52  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306047210 ]

Accurate structure factors and experimental charge densities from synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data at SPring-8

E. Nishibori, E. Sunaoshi, A. Yoshida, S. Aoyagi, K. Kato, M. Takata and M. Sakata

Synopsis: Accurate structure factors of silicon and diamond have been determined from powder diffraction data measured at SPring-8, BL02B2. The accuracy of structure factors is evaluated. The usefulness of the present structure factors is also reported.

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 53-65  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306047702 ]

Infinite geodesic paths and fibers, new topological invariants in periodic graphs

J.-G. Eon

Synopsis: Minimal 1-periodic subgraphs are shown to play important roles as topological invariants of crystallographic nets and other periodic graphs.

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 66-76  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306049579 ]

Direct Bragg-peak phase retrieval by a hybrid-input-output algorithm with proper intensity normalization

N. Lei

Synopsis: With Bragg peaks normalized to those of solid spheres of uniform electron density, a dual-space iteration-based algorithm is applied to successfully reconstruct hypothetical 500- and 1000-atom carbon cluster crystal structures at both high and low resolutions.

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 77-79  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306046319 ]

Transformational space-group symbols

K. Stróz

Synopsis: A transformational space-group symbol (TSG) composed of the well defined standard space-group identifier, an explicitly given axis system transformation and an origin shift is proposed to designate any space-group description.

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 80  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306053992 ]

Nominations for the Ewald Prize

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Acta Cryst. (2007). A63, 81-86  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767306050689 ]

Notes for authors 2007

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